Here is what I said: "I don't know, having the brakes suddenly stop working as they should would qualify as broken to me." I was careful with what I said. Whe

Here is what I said: "I don't know, having the brakes suddenly stop working as they should would qualify as broken to me." I was careful with what I said. When you say: "You just have to push the pedal harder." that means you have to change the way you use the breaks. In this case, you have to push harder than you normally would. They are no longer working as they should. You should not have to push harder. So: Yes. They are broken. They are not operating the way they should operate. And, I'm sorry, but the brakes not operating like they should is a bad place to have a flaw.